Early in 2013,  Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield filmed the first-ever music video recorded in space, synced to the music of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” The video was a YouTube sensation – rightfully so – but it quickly disappeared from the interwebs this May with little explanation.

An Ottawa newspaper blamed the removal of the video on David Bowie for neglecting to renew the one-year license that had been granted for the use of the song.  Subsequently, the story was picked up by media outlets around the world, causing uproar among fans.

That Ottawa paper, The Ottawa Citizen, has now apologized for the error.

As it turns out, David Bowie’s people say the renewal of the license was out of his control.  When he was originally contacted by Commander Hadfield’s people, Bowie offered his strong support to the project, immediately contacting the publisher who controls the rights to the song and suggesting the license be granted immediately at no charge. However, he had no ability to personally dictate the terms of the license or to grant a renewal one year later.

You can read the paper’s full apology here.

Although the official video has been removed from YouTube,  you can still find unofficial versions of it.